#79B5BE#79B5BE

#79B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B5BE
RGBrgb(121, 181, 190)
HSLhsl(188, 35%, 61%)
HSVhsv(188, 36%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(36.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.06, -17.04, -10.73)
CIE-LCHlch(70.06, 20.13, 212.19°)
OKLaboklab(73.53% -0.0559 -0.0294)
OKLCHoklch(73.53% 0.063 207.7)
XYZxyz(33.7001, 40.8283, 54.8101)
Luminance0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B5BE #BE8279
analogous
#79BEA4 #79B5BE #7992BE
triadic
#79B5BE #BE79B5 #B5BE79
tetradic
#79B5BE #A479BE #BE8279 #92BE79
square
#79B5BE #A479BE #BE8279 #92BE79
split-complementary
#79B5BE #BE7992 #BEA479
monochromatic
#3E767F #529DA8 #79B5BE #A2CCD2 #CBE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#79B5BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#79B5BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5BE
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B5BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B5BE1.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB0BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A7BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5EBAB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 207.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbd1',
    500: '#79b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b5be;
$custom-light: #a2cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B5BE
secondary
#D6C0BC
accent
#4738AE
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F9
border
#CED1D2
text
#0F1314
muted
#7F8282

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#79B5BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva